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    Sony TXN29N purple streak on the screen

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by suz01, Feb 28, 2009.

  1. suz01

    suz01 Newbie

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    Have used my txn daily for 2 years.. slow but love the size for portability. Booted up this morning and there's a purple-ish streak going down the right side of the screen. See 2 pics attached. (I've never attached pics so hopefully this will work).

    Is this streak a sign the LCD is going bad or the graphics card going bad?

    graphics = Intel 945 Express Chipset Family

    Thanks in advance.
     

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  2. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    The best way to be sure is to plug in an external monitor. If it fine, then it is your lcd - which I believe in this case.

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Feb 28, 2009
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    suz01 Newbie

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    Thanks for the tip! I'll give that a try.
     
    suz01, Mar 2, 2009
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    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    In the second photo there are some curved lines showing that seem to "point" toward the bad pixels. If you push slightly on some LCD displays, you see similar lines. These almost look as if there was some sort of physical trauma to the screen. Was it bumped in any fashion?

    Gary
     
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    Hi Gary, no trauma that I know of. I used it before I went to bed. Booted up the next morning and there it was.

    Also, yesterday I FINALLY hooked it up to an external montor and the streaks are only on the laptop lcd. SO... time to exercise my 3 year sony warranty!

    thanks everyone for yor help.
     
    suz01, Mar 9, 2009
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